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CNC Machining
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5-axis machining of A380 wing components
13 Mar 2008
A five-axis horizontal machining centre is helping Magellan Aerospace UK cut cycle times and eliminated fettling operations on false rear spar trailing edges for the Airbus A380. The twin-pallet, EcoSpeed F HT system from DS Technology (UK) allows faster cutting cycles and parts are completed in just two clampings rather than three or four separate operations on two different machines.
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Robots speed up production at MSP
13 Mar 2008
Precision turned parts manufacturer MSP Ltd has increased its production by 15% on a single shift after taking delivery of a Denso 4-axis machine-tending robot from AA Robotics. The robot loads and unloads components from pallets and holds them while sensors, which measure height and diameter, check their quality.
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Merc takes on a bright future
13 Mar 2008
Lancashire subcontractor Merc Engineering has acquired Nelson-based Bright Spark Precision Engineering. Merc has seen 30% annual growth over the past three to four years and was keen to take up the opportunity when Bright Spark came on the market.
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NPL aims for pole position
06 Mar 2008
Nuneaton-based NPL Technologies has invested in a new Edel CYPORT CP 5030 5-Axis Gantry Mill with a 8000mm by 3000mm table that it hopes will put it in pole position to win more F1, automotive and aerospace work. It has also invested in a fourth secure, on-site studio, equipped with a larger work table and larger measuring facilities to offer greater flexibility.
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Wealdpark feels the benefit as cam autos get the boot
06 Mar 2008
St Helens based turned parts subcontractor Wealdpark Ltd has installed a Miyano CNC lathe as part of a systematic replacement of 50 single-spindle cam automatics. Until now the company has focused on replacing the old machines up to 32mm with sliding head machines. Now as it moves to replace the larger machines it is moving to fixed head lathes.
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JHE adds more mill-turning productivity
06 Mar 2008
Aerospace machining specialist John Huddleston Engineering (JHE) has installed a fourth Nakamura-Tome WT-300 twin-spindle, twin-turret turning centre at its Blackpool facility. As with JHE’s three existing WT-300s this will be used to produce complex mill-turned components such as locking pins and wheel nuts from hardened and tempered high strength steels.
Corrosion and wear resistance
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Electrolytic deburring does five jobs in one
15 Mar 2008
A new electrolytic process for deburring and polishing will make its debut at MACH 2008. Extrude Hone’s CoolPulse technology combines deburring, polishing, stress relieving, cleaning and passivation in one finishing process. Workpieces are not subjected to any mechanical or thermal stresses, and the technique is a highly efficient production process.
Industry News
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Sector focus: The UK Machine Tools Marketplace
30 Mar 2008
Machine tools have been at the heart of UK innovation since the industrial revolution; they are truly the mother machines – the machines that build machines and are used to create almost everything around us that is made from metal, plastics, polymers, composites and ceramics.
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ARRK Tooling puts management team in place
27 Mar 2008
ARRK Tooling has appointed Phil Mould as Managing Director. The company provides design, development, manufacture and mould tool sourcing services to the plastics processing industry and was created as a result of the merger of Jordan’s Toolmakers and SERMO UK. Phil was previously Sales Director for ARRK Product Development Group’s Rapid Prototyping & Tooling business.
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Eden wins RNLI contract
27 Mar 2008
South West metal fabrication company, Eden Engineering, has begun work on a £1million contract to provide vital components for the latest class of lifeboat used by the RNLI. The contract, awarded to Eden by Babcock Marine, includes the fabrication of hand rails, masts and complex stainless steel components for six new lifeboats.
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Chocs away for PPH
27 Mar 2008
PPH Moulders of Harlow has seen off overseas competition to take on the manufacture the award-winning Chocbox electrical connector - a product that recently won financial backing on the Dragons' Den TV programme. The Chocbox connector, moulded in UR-rated polypropylene, was pitched to the TV dragons by inventor Peter Moule and will soon be on the shelves of B&Q, Travis Perkins, Wickes and Wilkinsons.
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GTMA pulls crowds with emerging technologies event
27 Mar 2008
A GTMA “Emerging Technologies” event hosted by Delcam UK drew more than 80 visitors for a series of brief presentations on topics including automation, direct metal sintering, rapid prototyping, thermoforming and the latest innovations in injection moulding. The event allowed attendees to gain an insight into a wide range of new technologies in a short space of time.
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CBM goes for local heros
27 Mar 2008
The Sandwell-based Confederation of British Metaloforming picked four Midlands-based companies for the top honours at its 2008 awards event. The awards highlight the progress metalforming has made in terms of productivity, innovation and value added and went to Carlton Laser Services, Smethwick Drop Forgings, Metsec and Kimber Drop Forgings.
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Fuel and metal prices make UK firm more competitive
19 Mar 2008
Catfield-based Acro Precision Engineering says global increases increases in metal and fuel prices have helped to contribute to a record year. The rises have had a major impact on the cost of making parts in the Far East and China and shipping them to the UK. This has brought prices more in line with UK manufacturers.
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Mayflower is now MTL
15 Mar 2008
Mayflower Technology, the Sheffield based specialist in contract manufacturing has changed its name to MTL Group Limited and – two years after a management buyout – has adopted a new corporate identity and logo.
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Green award for Holden
15 Mar 2008
A West Midlands aluminium extrusion company, Holden Aluminium Technologies, has been accredited to the environmental standard, ISO 14001.
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Bring on the Cybermen
13 Mar 2008
Large corporations with more influence than governments, implanted bio-chips driving employee efficiency in the engineering sector and new open business structures are just some of the predictions from a new study by the Chartered Management Institute. The study, called ‘Management Futures’, analyses current trends and the views of business leaders to predict what the world of work will look like in 2018.
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Dynamic axis and auto loading for Laser Cutting Co
13 Mar 2008
As part of a major investment plan The Laser Cutting Company has taken deliver of the first of two new automatic loading machines to be installed during 2008. The 3530 dynamic axis, automatic on- and off-loading flat bed cutting system supplied by Trumpf brings the total of machines on the shop floor to seven.
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Mayflower becomes MTL
13 Mar 2008
Mayflower Technology, the Sheffield based specialist in contract manufacturing has changed its name to MTL Group Limited and – two years after a management buyout – has adopted a new corporate identity and logo.
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Business heats up for Plexus
06 Mar 2008
Plexus has secured a contract to become a global volume manufacturing partner for Irisys, the leading thermal technology company. The multi-million pound contract is initially for the manufacture of the company’s thermal imagers and is expected to develop to include people counting systems later this year.
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Beard and Fitch deburrs gears in a flash
06 Mar 2008
Beard & Fitch manufactures transmission component for a wide range of applications from high performance cars to large industrial diesel engines. It is now using thermal deburring to clean up double gears.
Subcon
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Taking the load off blue chip customers
30 Jul 2008
The past 12 months have seen the successful launch of a new contracts division at Barker Collins (exhibiting at Subcon on Stand F13). Three major contracts, with a combined value of 1.5m a year have been won as blue chip clients have taken advantage of the opportunity to set up a contract cell within Barker Collins to alleviate in-house overload problems.
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Machining and worldwide sourcing
30 Jul 2008
Exhibiting at Subcon on Stand F4, Mini Gears Ltd has transformed itself from being a specialist gear manufacturer to a company that now offers a full range of machining capacity at its UK factory and plus an extended product range through its global sourcing division Components Worldwide Ltd that includes machined parts, gears, castings, forgings, stampings and fabrications.
